Outside Jiaohe City.
Li Chengqian took Cheng Huailiang to survey the terrain.
When he saw the majestic city, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh.
"The book says that Jiaohe City was founded and built by Cheshi people hundreds of years ago."
"Later, the Western Han Dynasty army occupied the Western Regions, and this became the location of the Protectorate of the Western Regions."
"The reason why the people of the Western Han Dynasty used this place as an outpost defense front in the Western Regions was not only because of its good geographical location, but there was also a very important reason."
"That means this city is truly a place where one man can't open it but ten thousand men can't open it..."
"At the beginning, I didn't quite believe it, but now that I've seen it with my own eyes, I really understand what this sentence means..."
The entire city of Jiaohe Ancient City is built on an island-shaped platform.
Not only are there cliffs on all sides, there are also rapid rivers flowing around the city.
There is only one side of the city wall here, but it also goes downwards and upwards...
Li Chengqian shook his head and sighed: "This architectural layout alone is enough to intimidate any army."
"That's exactly what His Highness said."
"If Gao Changguo hadn't been too arrogant and unprepared, how could this be taken away by others?"
Cheng Huailiang also nodded and said: "It's just a pity. This man has to guard the city that no one can open."
"It's too late to say anything now."
"At this moment, this city has been occupied by Kucha."
"And the purpose of our coming here is to take this place back."
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and said: "Although Jiaohe City was built by people from the Western Regions, in the end it can only belong to us Tang people."
Hearing this, Cheng Hualiang couldn't help but be stunned.
He looked at Li Chengqian with a blank face.
Seeing his expression, Li Chengqian smiled slightly: "What? Do you really think that I fought this battle for the people from the Western Regions?"
After saying this, he didn't care what Cheng Huailiang was thinking, he turned the horse's head and urged the horse to leave.
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If it hadn't started, Li Chengqian wouldn't have thought about using war to gain anything.
But now that it has begun, if he doesn't get something, how can he be worthy of the soldiers who have been with him through life and death?
How can they be worthy of the people who are eagerly looking forward to their return in victory?
So at the moment, Li Chengqian no longer thinks about it so much.
By the time Li Chengqian returned to the school grounds from the front line, all the soldiers had already assembled.
Li Chengqian still looks the same, wearing a light blue robe, standing on the general stage.
At this time, Liu Qi and Feng Guangyao walked toward Li Chengqian.
After walking in front of him, the two of them knelt down on one knee and said in unison: "Your Highness, the officers and soldiers of the New Liangzhou Army have been assembled. Waiting for His Highness's instructions..."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian nodded slightly.
He said: "Our Longyou Road is really a troubled place."
"When I first came to this place, I almost choked to death from the smoky officialdom here."
"Fortunately, everyone in Longyou Road worked together to drive out all these corrupt officials."
"Let our Longyou Road take on a new look, and the people's lives will get better and better."
"But this troubled place is really irritating. Not long after things got better, someone jumped out to cause trouble again."
"And this time, it's a small country in the Western Region that's causing trouble. It really makes me very angry."
Li Chengqian raised his finger and pointed in the direction of Jiaohe City in the west and said, "Sometimes I think about it, and I think these people are quite interesting."
"As a small country, but without the awareness of a small country, it just came to provoke us, the Tang Dynasty."
"Do they really think that we in the Tang Dynasty don't dare to hit him?"
"Or does he think that guy Zhao Youlin can cover him?"
Li Chengqian lowered his head to look at Feng Guangyao and Liu Qi, and asked: "Old Feng, Old Liu, let me ask you two, do you think I am afraid of Zhao Youlin? Is the Tang Dynasty afraid of the Western Turks?"
"Don't be afraid!"
The two said in unison.
"now it's right."
"Our Datang is no longer the original Datang, and the current Central Plains is not the Central Plains that is allowed to be bullied by these barbarians."
Li Chengqian smiled softly and said: "But Qiuci's intention is already obvious. He just stuck out his face and asked me if I dare to fight."
"Now that everything is like this, if I, Li Chengqian, don't slap them in the face, wouldn't it be a bit disrespectful to them?"
"So I decided that this mouth needs to be slapped."
"And you have to fight loudly. This will give Qiuci enough face."
"Otherwise, how can we deal with the other party's painstaking planning?"
Li Chengqian raised his lips and pointed to the west: "Let me ask you two, do you dare to lead your brothers to march three hundred miles and snatch back all the gold, silver, treasures, wine, meat and girls from Qiuci?"
Immediately afterwards, Li Chengqian looked at the soldiers in the field again.
"Brothers, I, Li Chengqian, also have a question for you."
"Today, do you dare to drive three hundred miles with me and kill him?"
As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, all the soldiers in the audience were excited.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"Fight for the Tang Dynasty and never regret it!"
Li Chengqian waved his hand diametrically, asking the two kneeling people to stand up.
"Remember my words, from now on, you are not ordinary Liangzhou troops."
"You are here for revenge. You are here to avenge our dead Datang merchants."
"The military orders prohibiting the indiscriminate killing of innocent people and the prohibition of military robbery have been canceled since you entered the Western Region."
"No need to be unreasonable, just kill people."
Feng Guangyao and Liu Qi looked at each other, then raised the corners of their mouths and intervened in unison: "I will obey your orders!"
After the words fell, the two of them returned to the formation.
Three thousand Liangzhou Qingqi came out from Nanping City and rushed to the Kucha territory amidst the loud sound of trumpets.
Such a scene, not to mention the people of Gaochang Kingdom, even the soldiers of Gaochang Kingdom were dumbfounded.
What did the Tang army want to do?
It's not enough to help Gao Changguo defend, but he still wants to counterattack?
Moreover, there are only 3,000 people who dare to kill in the hinterland of the enemy's country. Do they want their lives?
You know, it is not just a day or two that the Central Plains lost control of the Western Regions, but it has been hundreds of years.
The influence left by the Central Plains people in the Western Regions in the early years has long since disappeared.
It is obviously impossible to replicate the miracle of the Western Han Dynasty when thousands of people were able to rule the Western Regions.
At present, Datang is in the early stages of military reform.
If we start a war at such a critical moment, it would be easy to win and the whole country will celebrate.
But once the fight is lost, a chain reaction will inevitably occur among the people.
By then, Li Shimin was determined not to issue the edict conferring Li Chengqian as the crown prince.
But even so, Li Chengqian still sent troops as soon as he said he would.
Even before many people could react, three thousand Liangzhou cavalry had already entered the Western Region.
This also made many people dumbfounded. Is he really so confident that he can win this battle?
In fact, it is not a matter of winning or not, but a matter of fighting or not.
Now that the reform of the military system is imminent, Li Chengqian must let the world see that the soldiers produced under the recruitment system are no different from those under the government army system, and to some extent are even stronger than those under the government army system.
Others are afraid of taking responsibility and dare not do this kind of thing, so only Li Chengqian is not afraid of this.
After Liu Qi and Feng Guangyao set off, Li Chengqian also picked up his gun and mounted his horse, and personally led two thousand people to Jiaohe City.
